General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,928 21.91%	7,646
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.23%	11,703 12.87%	5,761
Inclusion and Diversity	13	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	-	6,712 7.38%	1,973
Banking	19	Up 17 places+17	£90,000	+9.09%	5,799 6.38%	1,548
Analytical Skills	29	Down -20 places-20	£54,150	-1.54%	4,724 5.19%	2,881
Marketing	41	Down -14 places-14	£45,000	-18.18%	3,929 4.32%	2,468
Public Sector	54	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	-	2,991 3.29%	1,322
Manufacturing	59	Down -36 places-36	£45,000	-14.28%	2,738 3.01%	1,084
Retail	61	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	+2.80%	2,663 2.93%	1,416
Law	74	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+9.09%	2,222 2.44%	909
Legal	82	Down -22 places-22	£67,500	+17.39%	1,947 2.14%	1,169
Organisational Skills	103	Up 3 places+3	£38,375	-9.70%	1,601 1.76%	800
Telecoms	109	Up 27 places+27	£42,500	-5.55%	1,560 1.72%	703
Electronics	167	Down -103 places-103	£52,500	-8.69%	1,113 1.22%	481
Games	206	No change0	£45,000	-18.18%	909 1.00%	427
Influencing Skills	217	Up 11 places+11	£75,000	+17.18%	821 0.90%	460
Automotive	219	Up 118 places+118	£48,000	-9.00%	819 0.90%	415
Aerospace	224	Up 109 places+109	£55,000	+0.37%	800 0.88%	478
Presentation Skills	227	Down -135 places-135	£60,000	+4.34%	783 0.86%	600
Advertising	278	Down -68 places-68	£45,000	-18.18%	607 0.67%	326
Pharmaceutical	284	Up 63 places+63	£60,000	+9.09%	586 0.64%	209
Local Government	314	Up 15 places+15	£50,294	+0.58%	518 0.57%	227
Multimedia	345	Up 249 places+249	£30,500	-15.27%	452 0.50%	420
Documentation Skills	357	Up 87 places+87	£54,500	+1.86%	431 0.47%	220
Financial Institution	359	Down -170 places-170	£85,000	-0.93%	426 0.47%	206
Back Office	366	Up 104 places+104	£57,500	-17.85%	416 0.46%	173
Front Office	400	Down -238 places-238	£100,000	-13.04%	358 0.39%	128
Billing	402	Up 96 places+96	£41,250	-25.00%	356 0.39%	289
Military	412	Up 26 places+26	£43,499	-27.50%	342 0.38%	253
French Language	424	Down -160 places-160	£45,000	-30.76%	325 0.36%	127
Aviation	440	Up 79 places+79	£60,000	+4.34%	306 0.34%	118
German Language	454	Down -195 places-195	£40,000	-44.82%	285 0.31%	155
Health Technology	519	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-14.28%	211 0.23%	117
Tech for Good	544	Down -48 places-48	£70,000	+9.37%	182 0.20%	32
Publishing	550	Down -89 places-89	£52,500	-17.96%	176 0.19%	115
Investment Banking	561	Down -181 places-181	£95,000	-15.55%	165 0.18%	105
Police	595	Down -132 places-132	£57,500	+9.85%	131 0.14%	37
Spanish Language	605	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-4.76%	121 0.13%	86
Social Housing	613	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	-8.33%	113 0.12%	48
Agriculture	626	Down -23 places-23	£43,500	-13.00%	100 0.11%	80
Digital Healthcare	645	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-7.69%	81 0.089%	10
Digital Health	646	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	+9.09%	80 0.088%	64
Dutch Language	646	Down -30 places-30	£35,000	-	80 0.088%	45
Retail Banking	653	Down -114 places-114	£85,000	+1.70%	73 0.080%	30
Italian Language	653	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-24.13%	73 0.080%	46
Portuguese Language	653	Down -11 places-11	£56,300	+60.85%	73 0.080%	35
Brand Awareness	655	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	+37.50%	71 0.078%	57
Fire and Rescue	658	Down -33 places-33	£54,749	+5.65%	68 0.075%	35
General Ledger	659	Down -69 places-69	£82,500	+14.59%	67 0.074%	45
Aeronautics	667	Down -51 places-51	£65,000	+29.85%	59 0.065%	15